eclipsis

Definitions

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n. An omission of words needed to fully express the sense of a phrase

n. A line or dash used to show that text has been omitted

n. A mutation of the initial sound of a word by which voiceless sounds become voiced, voiced stops become nasal consonants, and vowels acquire a prothetic nasal consonant: see Appendix:Irish mutations#Eclipsis.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

n. the omission or suppression of parts of words or sentences.

from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. An eclipse.

n. Omission of a sound or letter; specifically, in Celtic gram., the suppression of the sound of a radical consonant when preceded by another of the same organ.

Etymologies

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Examples

I could have done with more drilling on the basics (though outside a classroom environment I suppose again I have only myself to blame) and still feel very shaky indeed on the personal forms of prepositions (which should have been indexed or consolidated in one of the appendices) or on the questions of eclipsis and lenition (the modification of the first letter of the word, if it is b, c, d, f, g, m, p, s or t, depending on context).